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Tultepec Workshop Explosion Ignites Trailer; No Injuries Reported

Officials describe the site as a clandestine pyrotechnics location, highlighting persistent safety gaps in the town’s fireworks trade.

Overview

  • An afternoon blast struck a workshop in Barrio San Martín on Avenida 2 de Marzo, producing a thick smoke column around 13:00–14:00 local time.
  • Protección Civil del Estado de México reported the fire was extinguished without evacuations and confirmed no casualties.
  • The flames damaged the cabin of a parked tractor‑trailer located on the property, according to local reports.
  • Emergency teams from the Centro Regional Tultepec, the municipal Protección Civil and Bomberos, Seguridad Pública Municipal, and the CGPCyGIR responded and secured the area.
  • Local tallies differ on the 2025 incident count in Tultepec, with reports citing seven or eight accidents, and the workshop is alleged to have operated outside the authorized zone of La Saucera as the cause remains undetermined.